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pranavrcon Berlin public transport in real time

I wrote a client-side library for this: http://onloop.net/transit http://onloop.net/chennairailmap

All the transport maps at that time I knew about, like Swisstrains (http://maps.vasile.ch/transit-sbb/), worked off webservers, so that was the motivation behind writing a purely client-side app.

pranavrcon Ask HN: How you survived without Hacker News?

Life support, obviously

pranavrcon Show HN: transit.js

Thanks! To tell you the truth, I didn't know about GTFS until after I finished it up, and I'm working on GTFS support now :)

pranavrcon Show HN: See where in the world the F-bomb is being dropped

https://dev.twitter.com/terms/geo-developer-guidelines

I think it only shows the tweets with locations turned on.

pranavrcon Poll: Which platforms do you develop for?

Bar graph so far:

http://quickhist.onloop.net/Android=57,BlackBerry=3,Chrome%2...

pranavrcon Poll: Where are you currently living?

You're right. Seeing as I've been using the term 'histogram' in place of 'bar chart' all the time, that's some life-changing information right there.

pranavrcon Poll: Where are you currently living?

Histogram of current standings:

http://quickhist.onloop.net/USA=601,Canada=104,Southern%20No...

pranavrcon Poll: RIP Google Reader. Which RSS solution do you use nowadays?

Histogram so far:

http://quickhist.onloop.net/AOL%20reader=4,Blogtrottr=1,Bras...

pranavrcon Poll: What do you use for Unix process management/monitoring?

Histogram so far:

http://quickhist.onloop.net/monit=75,supervisord=107,daemoni...

pranavrcon Poll: How old are you?

Histogram so far:

http://quickhist.onloop.net/0-10=59,11-15=39,16-20=512,21-25...

pranavrcon Poll: What is your favorite programming font?

Histogram so far:

http://quickhist.onloop.net/Andale%20Mono=2,Anonymous=6,Aria...

pranavrcon Poll: What is your primary programming language?

Histogram of Poll standings at the moment:

http://quickhist.onloop.net/C=45,C++=71,C-Sharp=64,Cobol=0,C...

pranavrcon Poll: How do you learn new technologies?

Exactly this. That "I need to get this done" urge drives me to go through the tutorial/book that I previously did not complete due to lack of direction/need.

pranavrcon Show HN: Made a substitution-based URL Sanitizer/Shortener

Thanks! I've included the corresponding URLs along with the sanitized URLs in the description now, to clear some things up. I'll see if I can make it more intuitive.

pranavrcon Poll: Full-time software engineers in the Bay Area, what's your annual salary?

Histogram so far:

http://quickhist.onloop.net/%3C80k=37,80-89k=17,90-99k=38,10...

pranavrcon Show HN: Distraction Free Reader/Writer

Great app! I could use the additional features, as I've been using the plain text mode in the browser so far.

"data:text/html, <html contenteditable>" in the browser's address bar, that is.

pranavrcon The History of Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures” Album Art

That pulsar has been my desktop background for a few years now. Brutally honest, cathartic album and one of the first ones where I 'identified with' the music and the art.

pranavrcon The Onion releases fartscroll.js

Web 3.0 is here!

pranavrcon Time and Money

I agree with the sentiment, but there are people who feel equally satisfied and happy contributing money and resources to noble causes whilst keeping their time to themselves.

pranavrcon Ask HN: Advice on the first steps for starting up in India

Move to a place where there's a good load of startup culture around, so you can network a bit. Bangalore, for starters.